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264 Inventor Quotes

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

Man's sensitivity Little things The greatest Signs
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It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the truth.

Man's natural Sickness Believe Possesses
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The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it.

Last function Reason Infinity Things
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We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.

Generally Better persuaded Reasons Discover ourselves
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Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

You wish People Think well Speak
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Little things comfort us because little things distress us.

Little things Comfort us Distress us
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Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.

Clarity Mind Passion Great
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Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.

Love knows No limit Endurance End
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To understand is to forgive.

To understand Forgive
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Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other.

Nature Made Truths independent Art makes
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The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.
The more See Mankind Prefer
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Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

Justice Without force Powerless Tyrannical
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There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

Two kinds Men Righteous Sinners
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And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?

Crime Peace Truth Being destroyed
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Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.

Lust Source Our actions Humanity
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In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.

Difficult times Carry something Beautiful Heart
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Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.

Distraction Only thing Consoles us Miseries
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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.

Contraction Sign Falsity The lack
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By space the universe encompasses me and swallows me up like an atom; by thought I comprehend the world.

By space The universe Encompasses Swallows
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Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death.
Our nature In movement Complete calm Death
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There is a certain standard of grace and beauty which consists in a certain relation between our nature,and the thing which pleases us.

Certain standard Grace Beauty Relation
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Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

Intolerable Man Passion Business
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God instituted prayer to communicate to creatures the dignity of causality.

God Instituted prayer Communicate Creatures
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Passion cannot be beautiful without excess; one either loves too much or not enough.

Passion Be beautiful Without excess Loves
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In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

In faith Enough light Believe Shadows
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The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing.

The power Man's virtue Be measured Special effort
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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright

Takes truth His guide Safely trust God's providence
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No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth

No religion Taught Man Born
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We know the truth, not only be the reason, but also be the heart.

We know The truth The reason The heart
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We make an idol of truth itself, for truth apart from charity is not God, but his image and an idol that we must not love or worship.

We make An idol Truth Charity
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To make a man a saint, it must indeed be by grace; and whoever doubts this does not know what a saint is, or a man.

Make Man Saint By grace
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Happiness can be found neither in ourselves nor in external things, but in God and in ourselves as united to him.

Happiness Found In ourselves External things
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We desire truth and find within ourselves only uncertainty

Desire truth Find within Ourselves Uncertainty
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God wishes to move the will rather than the mind. Perfect clarity would help the mind and harm the will.

God wishes Move The will Mind
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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

One door Closes Opens Often look
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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

Sometimes We stare So long Door
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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Anything else Preparation Key Success
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Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.

Educate The masses Elevate Standard
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I would impress upon your minds the fact that if you want to do a man justice, you should believe what a man says himself rather than what people say he says.

Would impress Your minds Man justice Believe what
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.

The nation Secures control The air Ultimately
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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

This power Exists Becomes available Man
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The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

Successful men The end Steady accretion
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The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

The day Man Telephone Be able
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The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

Only difference Success Failure The ability
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The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.
The achievement One goal Starting point Another
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus

Concentrate Your thoughts Work Focus
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One day every major city in America will have a telephone.

One day Every Major city Have telephone
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You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.

Force ideas Successful Result Slow growth
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God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut

God Wonders Through life Eyes shut
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Rise above oneself and grasp the world.

Rise Above Oneself Grasp
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